WASHINGTON--In the wake of Wednesday's shootings at Fort Hood, Rep. Steve Stockman today blamed gun control advocates and renewed a call to end gun bans at military bases.

"Only the most out-of-touch radical would try to disarm soldiers," said the Clear Lake Republican, who lost the U.S. Senate primary in March. "It’s time to repeal this deadly anti-gun law before it creates another mass killing. This is another tragedy created by anti-gun activists."

Stockman introduced the Safe Military Bases Act last September, after a mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., that left 12 people plus the gunman dead. Cosponsors include several Texas Republicans: Reps. Michael Burgess of Lewisville, Louie Gohmert of Tyler, Pete Olson of Sugar Land, and Randy Weber of Friendswood. The bill would would strike down laws passed in the 1990s that prohibit most service members from carrying weapons on base.

“This is the third mass shooting on a military base in five years, and it’s because our trained soldiers aren’t allowed to carry defensive weapons,” Stockman said Thursday in a statement.

The Fort Hood incident left four dead, including the suspected gunman, and wounded 14. In 2009, the sprawling post in Central Texas was the site of a shooting spree that killed 13 and wounded 31. Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan was convicted in military court and faces the death penalty.